Swatzell v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment affirming an opinion and order of the Board of Claims which denied appellant any recovery on her claim for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was a passenger in a car driven by her father which collided with a crane blocking Kentucky Highway 131 near Symsonia. The issue in these proceedings was whether the Highway Department had negligently failed to post and maintain adequate warnings that the road was blocked because a bridge was out. The order of the Board must be upheld if there was…